MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 39.28,-106.89 Latitude: 39.28 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 137 1 950 573 2 900 1034 3 850 1521 4 800 2038 5 750 2589 SFC 717 2967 17.9 0.8 31 17.1 8.1 330 5 320.1 321.2 293.9 338.3 5.65 7 700 3175 15.1 -0.2 35 15.2 6.6 330 7 319.2 320.2 293.4 336.5 5.40 8 650 3796 9.2 -1.9 45 11.2 3.2 328 9 319.4 320.4 293.3 335.9 5.11 9 600 4452 3.0 -3.2 64 6.2 -0.2 322 9 319.5 320.5 293.3 335.8 5.02 10 550 5149 -3.3 -5.4 86 2.0 -4.3 307 8 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.3 4.67 11 500 5895 -8.7 -13.7 67 5.0 -10.6 257 6 322.4 323.0 292.0 331.3 2.64 12 450 6705 -12.9 -34.8 14 21.9 -17.4 281 14 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.6 0.44 13 400 7592 -19.0 -39.0 15 20.0 -22.4 297 18 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.5 0.33 14 350 8571 -26.4 -43.3 19 16.9 -28.5 300 24 333.2 333.2 292.8 334.1 0.24 15 300 9665 -34.8 -52.4 15 17.5 -36.1 285 22 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.10 16 250 10913 -43.3 -60.1 14 16.9 -43.9 269 43 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 17 200 12387 -52.3 -67.7 14 15.4 -52.6 264 67 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14196 -63.1 -77.9 12 14.7 -63.3 273 54 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16655 -66.1 -82.3 9 16.2 -66.2 274 11 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.41 m Freezing level: 576.51 mb = 4779.19 m = 15679.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.10 mb = 4409.43 m = 14466.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.85 % Est. max temperature: 17.79 C = 64.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 554.58 mb = 5082.29 m = 16673.96 ft T: -2.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 9.63 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 543.46 mb = 5242.48 m = 17199.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.23 C = 64.81 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 550.72 mb = 5138.25 m = 16857.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 515.72 mb = 5652.73 m = 18545.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 475.72 mb = 6277.75 m = 20596.04 ft B at Equ Level: 5.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 455.72 mb = 6607.85 m = 21679.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.7 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 328.7 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -3.3 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 8.03 m/s